Author: Frederick P. Frederickson
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Captain Corn Pop
################################################ International College of Businessery and Managering OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASECOURTESY: REUTERS TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE For immediate release: Wednesday 18:00 EST ################################################ Hello ladies and gentlemen, I am Dr. Fred P. Frederickson, Chief Content Officer and Co-founder here at the International College of Businessery and Managering on 1105 West 83rd Avenue. I sincerely wish we were all… Read more
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The Kum-By-Yah Factory – Part 1
In answering the question “how do we best cultivate healthy, productive employees?” – it turns out science answered this question for us nearly 80 years ago. Dust off your psychology textbook and open your eyes. On the topic of employee motivation, Abraham Maslow has something important to say, and I suggest you listen closely. Of… Read more
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The Kum-By-Yah Factory – Part 2
Ok – lets recap. Mazlow’s hierarchy can be a useful and didactic tool for helping us reach our personal psychological potential. For personal growth, the pyramid has been a great success. Climb away. Applying the pyramid to business however has yielded a different set of results. In applying it to business: Mazlow tried. Mazlow failed.… Read more
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Bad Santa meets Tony Robbins
Once again holiday time is here and I have to admit that after a few gulps my glass of eggnog is now only half full. It’s also spiked with a little “holiday cheer”. Here at ICBM, we have been expecting new accounting software which is now 3 months late to arrive. Meant to streamline our… Read more
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Conflict of Interest
Negotiating can be the scariest part of a manager’s job. Because it is a tool used infrequently, it rarely gets enough time at the business end of a grinding wheel. But properly honed, the skill of negotiating can effortlessly be sharpened into a sword, plowshare, or dagger. By some, the art of negotiation has been… Read more
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Managing Employee Retention with Quarterbacks, Interceptions, and Therapists.
In assessing football quarterbacks, one metric stands out more than any other as a predictor of greatness (or adequacy…or even failure) and that is the touchdown-to-interception ratio. In simple terms, over many drives-down-the-field, it is the most accurate measure of efficiency and predictor of success for a team. No measure is more accurate. How good… Read more
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Say ‘Nope’ to Hope.
In Corporate America, all hope is not lost, but it should be. We need to kill it while there is still time. — I just got out of a terrible leadership conference in Portland which broke one of my basic rules. Conferences must be engaging and inspiring OR they must have good coffee. Either/or is… Read more
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A Blueprint for Difficult Financial Times
Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor and this is not to be considered financial advice. Buyer beware. Mileage may vary. Past performance may have been pure luck or simply misrecorded. At ICBM we recognize and acknowledge the difficult financial times facing us all. In the past, we have limited access to the following information… Read more
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Time for a Pep Talk
Hey Humpty, if you want to make an omelet you have to crack some eggs. I know many of you are down. Maybe even out. And, times are tough. I am not here to deny that the path here has been hard – instead I’m going to lay a yellow brick road right at your… Read more
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Shhh! I am trying to Quiet-Quit Over here
Contrary to what you might expect, here at ICBM, we are actually fans of Quiet-Quitting. This relatively new phenomenon is causing quite a stir in the corporate world. Once the dust settles, it will become evident that Quiet-Quitting is the inevitable response to several passive-aggressive practices which have been in use by managers for years.… Read more